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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cadaverine \Ca*dav"er*ine\, n. Also Cadaverin \Ca*dav"er*in\ . [From Cadaver and amine.] (Chem.) A sirupy, nontoxic ptomaine, H2N.(CH2)5.NH2 (chemically pentamethylene diamine), formed in putrefaction of flesh, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cadaverine n 1: a colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue